Rose Maud Talbot

Rose Maud Talbot (14 September 1915 – 15 February 2009) was an English-born Irish farmer and philanthropist, who emigrated to Tasmania, Australia.

In 1949, King George VI issued a Royal Warrant of Precedence declaring that Rose would be given the rank of the daughter of a baron, even though her father had not lived long enough to inherit the title; this allowed her to be styled as 'The Honourable'.

He had an art gallery installed, and he sent back botanical specimens to the gardens at Malahide Castle from his travels.

She caused some controversy when she sold important furnishings to raise the money to pay the debts.

[5] She continued her brother's interest in botany and she paid for the completion of the six volume The Endemic Flora of Tasmania.